List of political parties in the Netherlands Antilles
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This article lists political parties in the Netherlands Antilles.
Before its dissolution, the Netherlands Antilles
had a multi-party system
with numerous political parties
, in which no one party often had a chance of gaining power alone, and parties had to work with each other to form coalition government
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Before its dissolution, the Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
had a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
with numerous political parties
Political Parties
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, in which no one party often had a chance of gaining power alone, and parties had to work with each other to form coalition government
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
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Curaçao
- C93C93 (Netherlands Antilles)C93 is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles.At the last legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 3.0% of the popular vote and no seats....
- Democratic PartyDemocratic Party (Netherlands Antilles)The Democratic Party is a liberal party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles.At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 2.4% of the popular vote and no seats...
(Democratische Partij) - Forsa KòrsouForsa KòrsouThe Forsa Kòrsou is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. The party is led by former lawyer Nelson Navarro....
- Labour Party People's CrusadeLabour Party People's CrusadeThe Labour Party People's Crusade is a political party in Curaçao. At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 12.1% of the popular vote and 2 out of 22 seats. At the elections of 27 January 2006, the party lost parliamentary representation....
(Partido Laboral Krusada Popular) - LPNALPNAThe LPNA is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles.At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles of 27 January 2006, the party won no seats....
(Lista Niun Paso Atras) - National People's PartyNational People's Party (Curaçao)The National People's Party is a christian democratic political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles....
(Partido Nashonal di Pueblo) - New Antilles MovementNew Antilles MovementPartido MAN is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. MAN originally stood for Movementu Antia Nobo , but a party congress in 2005 decided to drop that meaning and let MAN be the name of the party in itself....
(Movishon Antia Nobo) - Party for the Restructured AntillesParty for the Restructured AntillesThe Party for the Restructured Antilles is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. The party was formed in the aftermath of constitutional referendums held on the islands in the Netherlands Antilles in 1993, when a majority had voted against the dissolution of the Netherlands...
(Partido Antiá Restrukturá) - Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of MayParty Workers' Liberation Front 30th of MayThe Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May is a populist political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. During the general election held in the Netherlands Antilles in 2006 the party won just under 11% of the popular vote, and 2 of the possible 22 seats in the legislature....
(Frente Obrero Liberashon 30 Di Mei 1969) - Sovereign PeopleSovereign PeopleSovereign People is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. Pueblo Soberano has a progressive slant and is headed by controversial leader Helmin Wiels. At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles of 27 January 2006, the party won no seats...
(Pueblo Soberano)
Sint Maarten
- Democratic Party Sint MaartenDemocratic Party Sint MaartenThe Democratic Party Sint Maarten is a political party in Sint Maarten. The party has long been associated with its powerful leader and business tycoon Claude Wathey...
(Democratische Partij Sint Maarten) - National AllianceNational Alliance (Sint Maarten)The National Alliance is a political alliance in Sint Maarten, the Netherlands Antilles, formed by the Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance and the National progressive Party....
- Sint Maarten Patriotic AllianceSint Maarten Patriotic AllianceThe Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance is a political party in Sint Maarten, the Netherlands Antilles.At the last legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party joined the National Alliance that won 4.8% of the popular vote and 1 out of 22 seats....
- National Progressive PartyNational Progressive Party (Sint Maarten)The National Progressive Party is a political party in Sint Maarten, the Netherlands Antilles.At the last legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party joined the National Alliance that won 4.8% of the popular vote and 1 out of 22 seats....
- Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance
- People's Progressive AlliancePeople's Progressive AllianceThe People's Progressive Alliance is a political party in Sint Maarten, the Netherlands Antilles.At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles of 27 January 2006, the party won no seats....
- United People's PartyUnited People's PartyThe United People's Party was a Singapore party formed by the former People's Action Party leader Ong Eng Guan in 1961. After it won a seat , in the 1963 General Elections, the party's existence was in doubt as Singapore was knocked out of the Malaysian federation by Malaysia...
Bonaire
- Bonaire Patriotic UnionBonaire Patriotic UnionThe Bonaire Patriotic Union is a political party in Bonaire, the Netherlands Antilles.At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 3.6% of the popular vote and 2 out of 22 seats. At the elections in the Netherlands Antilles of 27 January 2006, the party...
(Union Patriotico Bonairano) - Bonaire Democratic PartyBonaire Democratic PartyThe Bonaire Democratic Party is a political party in Bonaire, the Netherlands Antilles.At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 2.6 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 22 Parliament seats...
(Partido Democratico Bonairano) - Bonaire Social PartyBonaire Social PartyThe Bonaire Social Party is a political party in Bonaire, the Netherlands Antilles.At the last legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 1.0 % of the popular vote and none of the 22 Parliament seats....
(Partido Boneriano Sosial)
See also
- Politics of the Netherlands AntillesPolitics of the Netherlands AntillesThe politics of the Netherlands Antilles, a former constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, existed in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic country, in which the prime minister was the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power was exercised...
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